South CarolinaWILDLIFEVOL. 21, No. 2 MARCH-APRIL, 1974

DEDICATED TO THE CONSERVATION,PROTECTION AND RESTORATION

OF OUR WILDLIFE AND TO THEEDUCATION OF OUR PEOPLE

TO THE VALUE OF OUR NATURAL RESOURCES

JOHN C. WESTGOVERNOR OF SOUTH CAROLINA

WILDLIFE AND MARINERESOURCES COMMISSION

J, W. HUDSON, ChairmanBox 2506, Spartanburg

EDGAR C. GLENN, Vice-ChairmanStar Route No. 1, Meridian Road, Beaufort

SEN. REMBERT C. DENNISBox 1174, Moncks Corner

GEN. HUGH P. HARRISRoute 1, Box 774, Bonneau

DR. ROBERT L. LUMPKTN2 Memorial Lane, Georgetown

REP. DAN T. MARETT110 W. River St., Anderson

ROBERT W. RHAMEP. O. Drawer 276, Holly Hill

WILLIAM L. THOMPSON119 W. Benson, Anderson

WADE M. WILLIAMS632 Sedgewood, Rock Hill

WILDLIFE AND MARINERESOURCES DEPARTMENT

JAMES W. WEBBExecutive Director

DR. JAMES A. TIMMEHMANDeputy Executive Director

Directors

WASH W. BELANGIAAdministrative Services

JOHN CULLERInformation and Public Affairs

JEFFERSON C. FULLER, JR.Game and Freshwater Fisheries

DR. EDWIN JOSEPHMarine Resources

PAT RYANLaw Enforcement and Boating

Magazine Staff

Editor—JOHN CULLERAssistant Editor—CAROL SPEIGHT

Graphics—PRESCOTT BAINES, Art Director;EVE HOBISON, KAY HOWIE,

DAVID T. O. WILLIAMSPhotography—TED BORG, Chief

Photographer; LARRY CAMERON,BILLY DuRANT

Circulation—HOLLY KYZEHStaff Writers—BOB CAMPBELL, JOHN DAVIS,

PAT ROBERTSON, REMBERT DENNIS, JR.,PETE LAURIE

Vol. 21, No. 2, March-April, 1974

South CarolinaWILDLIFE FEATURES

CATCH MORE CRAPPIE 4

by Miller White

Build your own crappie beds

PIEDMONT TURKEY TALK .... 8

by Dave Harbour

Great upcountry gobbler hunting

WHALES ON KIAWAH 14

by Pete Laurie

A clue to mysterious mass strandings ofmarine mammals

MOUNTAIN GREENING 20

by Carol Speight

Eliot Porter photographs spring in theCarolina highlands

LOIS GREEN MacKAY 34

A portfolio of lowcountry art

CAROLINA TROUT 40

by Don Archer

Angling of unlimited quality

DEPARTMENTSBIOSPHERE ...

BOOKS 3

READERS FORUM 46

WILDLIFE ROUNDTABLE 48

Front Cover—"Ed's Marina" by Lois Green MacKay

Inside Front—Carolina Sketchbook by Prescott Baines and Carol Speight

Inside Back—Red Foxes by Guy Coheleach

Back Cover—Spring Mushrooms. Photo by Larry Cameron

South Carolina Wildlife is published six times a year, bi-monthly, by the South CarolinaWildlife and Marine Resources Department, Post Office Box 167, Columbia, S. C. 29202.Subscription rate is $2 per year. No advertising accepted. Articles and photographs maybe reprinted if proper credit is given. Single copies and back issues, 50 cents. Contribu-tions are welcome, but the editors assume no responsibility or liability for loss or damageof articles, photographs, or illustrations. Second-class postage paid at Columbia, S. C.

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LOISGREEN

MAC KAYLois Green MacKay is fond of quoting artist Paul

Klee: "Drawing is like taking a line for a walk." Theimportance of the line is evident in her work and her

approach to art.She lives and teaches art in Charlotte, North

Carolina, but twenty years of vacations spent inthe Myrtle Beach to Pawley's Island area have

produced many paintings which are now in numerousprivate collections throughout the Southeast. Her

special interest in fishermen, docks, boats and weatheredwood has made the South Carolina lowcountry an

endless source area for this enthusiasm.

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SHRIMP BOATS,McCLELLANVILLE

"After an all-day sketchingtrip, we arrived at the

South Carolina Crab Companyin McClellanville to buy

crabmeat. I wanted to getjust one more quick sketch

of the fishing boats all spot-lessly scrubbed and shining in

the late afternoon sun. Inmy haste, I accidentally locked

my friend's keys in her car, andwhile she called for a

locksmith, I was able tosketch these two boats from

the deck of another."

OPEN, LOCAL SEAFOOD

"This colorful collection of signs at theLittle River fishing pier caught my eyebecause they add pattern and a sense of thecontemporary to a landscape composition."

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The sketchbooks MacKay carries wherevershe goes have produced many fond memoriesand more ideas for paintings than timeallows. Visits to Europe, Spain and Nassauhave filled many pages. The summer trips tothe South Carolina shore areas fill many more.It is this collection that MacKay has chosento pursue further by revisiting the areaand, in many cases, employing the contourpen line technique.The series presented here illustratesher absorbing interest in the dominanceof the contour pen line, sometimes withvignette watercolor wash, sometimes not.In all of her work, portrait or landscape,the sensitivity of line is the thread thatidentifies a Lois Green MacKay work.

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RAINBOW, OUT OF GEORGETOWN

"I walked on the deserted dock one lateafternoon to look at the fishing boats

at anchor after their day's work was done.Sitting alone on the freshly hosed dock,

sketched the Rainbow, clean and spotless,with the still damp nets silhouetted against

the sky, trying to capture that freshlywashed, ready-for-tomorrow look."

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SORTING THE CATCH

"Settled on an overturned crate and surroundedby fishermen-watchers, I did this quick contourof fishermen sorting their catch. Contour drawingis done by using a continuous unbroken lineand is drawn with the eyes on the subject andnever (or hardly ever) on the paper. Since so muchof my search and research sketching is doneon trips, I find the speed of the rapidograph penand the contour method of drawing the mostrewarding technique."

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OLIVER'S LODGE, MURRELLS INLET

"The 'shrimp 'bin so tasty' at Oliver's Lodgethat our family never misses havinga meal or two therewhile vacationing at Pawley's Island.The aromas of sand, sea and Oliver's, coupledwith the visual delights of the lowcountry scene,inspired this painting."

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ABANDONED PI'ER

"As I spent a quiet fall afternoon paintingaround Little River, I found this abandoned

pier frequented only by the wind andthe sun and two pairs of ducks. It seemed

to lead nowhere but pointed to a pathwhich meandered along to a quite spot

beneath a moss-hung tree."

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